The two laughed together until Kurogiri sighed. "I know that dealing with your friend's death has been hard, but you can't punch Tomura in the throat everytime he pushes your buttons."
"...I know, I think it was harder because I never expected to hear that name again."
"I understand, just be prepared for him to push that button now that he knows about it."
"Ugh, I hate that you're right about that. Well, it's probably good I'm moving out before we kill each other."
Kurogiri smiled and quietly helped him finish up packing.
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Inko jumped in surprise when she saw a portal open next to her. She had seen the power many times, but it still shocked her when she wasn't expecting it.
Izuku walked through it with a box of his belongings that he had taken with him, while Inko had brought what he had left at home.
They had spent weeks looking for the best house for him, and settled on a modest place in the country so it wouldn't attract attention.
The commute was fairly long, but Kurogiri was always there to help if it was urgent. The main draw was that it had a lot of room and privacy, that way he wouldn't have to answer questions from nosy neighbors.
She had also suggested this one over the others because of how beautiful it was. The land it was on was primarily forest and the porch had an amazing view of a nearby mountain.
"Hello sweetie, all set to move in?"
Izuku smiled as they worked together to unpack his belongings. The two of them made small talk while they set up his room.
It was pretty bland for the moment, but Inko decided that that would be temporary and that she would take charge of decorating the house.
After a few hours they sat together as Izuku worked to set up his monstrous computer that had six monitors.
"Um, I haven't really been sure how to bring this up with you, mom. But some stuff is probably going to get more intense soon."
Inko sighed, "With your villain work?"
He nodded, "Yeah, I obviously can't tell you exactly what we're planning. But we're going to be in the shadows a lot less in the next few weeks… I just wanted to give you heads up."
"I appreciate it. I'd rather not be surprised to see you on the news like I was last time. Just, make sure not to do anything you'll regret."
He paused what he was doing and gave her a big hug. "Thanks mom, I really do think I'll be able to make the world a better place by following this path."
She laughed a little. "If anyone can save the world with crime it would be you."
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It was about a week before UA's new term started with All Might as a teacher and things were getting pretty busy around the bar.
The plan was to use the USJ as the place to ambush All Might, the only issue is they didn't know exactly when they would be there.
Everything else was getting into place.
They'd hired someone to jam the alarms so they wouldn't be interrupted. They started bringing in a large quantity of random thugs and criminals who would do anything for a little money and a chance to join the big leagues.
On the first day of school it was chaos at the front entrance, with the press doing everything they could to get a view of All Might the teacher.
Izuku didn't like chaos. It was the exact opposite of his goals plus it gave him migraines, but in this specific case it was very helpful.
As everyone was eager to get an interview with All Might or anyone who spoke with him, they didn't question the gate turning to dust and letting them in.
Izuku and Shigaraki were dressed as reporters and moved with the crowd.
-Follow me runt, we gotta finish this quest before they take care of the npcs-
He nodded and ran after his ally into the school away from the others.
Izuku felt someone's thoughts cross into his range and pulled his oblivious partner out of sight
-Why the fuck is he grabbing me I'm gonna kill the brat. Wait, that sounds like someone walking by. That makes sense, Guess I won't kill the nerd this time-
Izuku sighed, "really? Are you that ready to kill me at all times?"
All he got in return was a shrug as they continued down the hall into the now empty teachers' office.
Izuku sat down in the nearest chair and plugged in a software that caused the device to quickly reveal all the information it held.
A minute passed and Shigaraki started getting antsy "You better be finished. We're running out of time if we wanna sneak out with the vultures."
After a few more seconds of information rapidly flashing in front of his eyes Izuku stood up and nodded before running back out.
"Is your dialogue box broken or something? I can't read your mind you know."
Izuku muttered just loud enough for him to hear
"We're coming up on the teachers, time to channel your inner rogue."
He nodded back as they slipped behind Power Loader and rejoined the reporters that were exiting through the broken gate.
-Quest complete-
Izuku shook his head at the fact that Shigaraki thought that everytime they accomplished something even vaguely important.
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Izuku, Shigaraki, their nomu, and Kurogiri stood in front of the numerous thugs they hired to invade the USJ.
"Alright so here's the general plan, we're going to spread about half of you around the various disaster zones based on your skills and quirks. The other half will be in the main plaza area dealing with any pro heroes that aren't All Might. Now remember, your job is simply to keep the students away from the main battle, not to kill them."
"I know your jobs seem simple, but it's important that we don't have a bunch of hero students causing problems for us. Any questions?"
One guy with a venus-flytrap for a head spoke up "Yeah, why aren't we allowed to kill the kids?"
Shigaraki turned to Izuku "Yeah, why don't you want us killing the NPCs?"
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